Intracardiac Varix in the Right Atrium: 2 case reports.
- Author:
In Seok JEONG
1
;
Byoung Hee AHN
;
Jay Key CHEKAR
;
Chi Hyeong YUN
;
Sang Hyung KIM
;
Sang Gi OH
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chonnam National University, Korea. bhahn@chonnam.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Heart atrium;
Neoplasm;
Myxoma;
Varix
- MeSH:
Endothelial Cells;
Heart Atria;
Myxoma;
Varicose Veins
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2010;43(1):77-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Intracardiac varix is an endocardial, unilocular, blood-filled cyst that's lined by endothelial cells and it is filled with organizing thrombi. It has been reported that intracardiac varix is an extremely rare entity. We report here on two cases of intracardiac varix in the right atrium and these cases had been preoperatively misdiagnosed as myxoma.
